For 141 years, this paper has been a regular fixture on campus, informing students of the most important issues affecting our community. Starting today, students will head to the polls to vote on whether a $2 semesterly fee is worth sustaining The Daily Californian for five years, in the most Read More…
Rarely do businesses encounter a change that would both increase quality and decrease costs. Yet on April 16, we are scheduled to begin printing a larger paper with more color under an arrangement that is expected to save about $10,000 annually. The benefits are many, including front-page color every day Read More…
One of The Daily Californian’s online servers were compromised Tuesday night, hindering our access to our older sites, including the Daily Clog and our archives. The development prevents us from editing content on the sites. However, existing content will remain accessible and safe for readers to peruse. Our main site, dailycal.org, was unaffected. We Read More…
Helicopters spewing tear gas over Sproul Plaza. A young Jerry Brown on the campaign trail. Clowns. A giant inflatable penis. Oh, the things you will find in the Daily Cal’s vast photo archives. With the launch of the new Facebook timeline, we here at the Daily Cal have taken the opportunity Read More…
As part of our effort to increase our organization’s transparency and help fellow students better understand the financial realities we face, we are releasing financial documents that outline our expenses and revenues. As a media outlet, our purpose is to shed light on the inner workings of our community’s various Read More…
The Daily Californian will receive a total of 28 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the California College Media Association (CCMA) for its work in 2011, according to results announced last week. Twenty-two of the awards are from CCMA, more than we received in 2010 (16 awards) Read More…
As the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative grows as a subject in the community’s discourse, our responsibility as a news organization to cover it and provide a forum for various perspectives becomes more and more prominent. There is no doubt The Daily Californian as an organization would benefit from passage of the referendum. Read More…
Last Wednesday, we published a column by sports writer Jack Wang about the Cal football recruiting season. Many readers have contacted us to express disagreement with its perspective, some arguing that it should not have been published.
Want to stay informed on the latest Berkeley breaking news, commentary, sports and entertainment? Want free tickets to this Saturday’s Cal football game? Today is your lucky day! The Daily Cal is giving away four free regular tickets to this Saturday’s game against Oregon State. There are two very easy Read More…
The following is a reprint of The Daily Californian’s editorial, published 40 years ago tomorrow, declaring independence from the university after months of conflict surrounding a controversial editorial the paper published about People’s Park. Tuesday, September 28,1971 It’s Your Newspaper Now The Daily Californian is now an independent newspaper. We Read More…